Position: assistant professor

Institute: Institute of Special Education

Unit : Department of Educational Research in Neurodiversity

Contact

E-mail: ikonieczna[at]aps.edu.pl

Phone: 22 589-36-00 wew. 3518

Main research areas

• (1) the complex and multidimensional theoretical-empirical contexts of therapeutic pedagogy, (2) the diagnosis and educational support of a diverse group of students with special educational needs, and (3) interpersonal communication analysed in terms of developmental process, social action and special needs

Publications, conferences, events

• Knowledge Base

Biography

• Academic career 

  pedagogical therapist, Maria Grzegorzewska University in Warsaw (2022)

  doctor of humanities, Faculty of Pedagogical Sciences, Academy of Special Education (2012)

  speech therapist, Institute of Educational Research, Ministry of National Education

  in Warsaw (2008)

  Master's degree in special pedagogy, specialisation: therapeutic pedagogy and pre-school education, Faculty of Pedagogical Sciences, The Maria Grzegorzewska University (2007)

   

  Publications

  Konieczna, I, Miałkowska-Kozaryna, M. (2024). Polish teachers opinions on the distance learning of students with autism spectrum disorder. International Journal of Special Education, 39(1), 21-32. DOI:10.52291/ijse.2024.39.3

  Konieczna, I. (2023). Communication interaction of a child with a chronic illness and an adult in an agreement-oriented conversation. Warszawa: Wydawnictwo Akademii Pedagogiki Specjalnej, stron 400,  ISBN: 978-83-67721-19-6

  Konieczna, I. (2023). Education of students with a chronic disease in a treatment facility- in the light of paradigmatic changes. Lubelski Rocznik Pedagogiczny, vol. 42, 3, 119-135.

  Konieczna, I. (2023). Schooling children and youth with chronic illness in a medical facility —an educational paradigm in the perception of special education teacher candidates. European Journal of Special Needs Education, July, 1-10. DOI:10.1080/08856257.2023.2233298

  Konieczna, I., Smolińska, K. (2023). Functional assessment as a result of the joint actions of teachers and specialists - identifying problems to assess the impact of supporting the development of students. International Journal of Pedagogy, Innovation and New Technologies (IJPINT), Vol. 10, No. 2, 153-162. GICID: 01.3001.0054.279

  
  Research projects

  Model of communication competence of people with Asperger syndrome (No. BSTP/ 8 / 15 - I) - contractor

  Model for supporting a child with autism spectrum disorders in an educational situation (No. BSTP/ 4 / 15 - I) - manager

  Questionnaire for the functional assessment of communicative competence of students with Asperger syndrome - psychometric evaluation of the tool (No. BSTP 4/17 - I) - 2016/2017 - co-administrator

  Strategies revealed by children with a chronic illness in an interview situation with an adult (BSTP 4/18-I) - 2018/2019 - project manager

  
  Positions held 

  Head of the Department of Educational Research on Neurodiversity

  Deputy Director of the Institute of Special Education from X.2019 to IX.2024

  Member of the University Recruitment Committee continuously since 2011; currently of the Appeals Review Team

  Member of the Polish Association of Special Educators

  Member of the Teaching & Education Research Association

  Member of the Association of North America Higher Education International

  Member of the editorial board of the journal Special School

  Reviewer for Central Examination Commission